Engineer Engineering

Nikhil A Hanji

**** ** **** *********, ***********, Florida - 32608, United States 352-***-**** ***********@*****.*** OBJECTIVE

Seeking a full time position to leverage my engineering knowledge and experience and further the growth of your company in the global market. EDUCATION

Masters in Computer Engineering, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) May 2016 Relevant courses: Computer Architecture, Reconfigurable Computing, Embedded Systems, Embedded Systems Seminar, Billion Transistor Architecture, Automated HW/SW Verification, Principles of Computer System Design, Pattern Recognition, Wireless Communication, Computer Communication Bachelor of Engineering, Instrumentation Technology, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (Bangalore, INDIA) June 2014 Relevant Courses: Advanced Microcontroller, ARM Processors, Mixed Signal Circuits and Interfacing (8051), Design with FPGAs, Programmable Logic Controller and SCADA, Smart Sensors, Advanced Neural Networks, Control Systems SKILLS

IDEs and Tools: MATLAB, Simulink, Code Composer Studio, Energia, Arduino, KeilμVision, Xilinx, Altera, GCC, GDB Gtest, Rostest, LabVIEW, CUDA Toolkit, OpenCV, RSLogix and Factory Talk View by Rockwell Automation (PLC Programming), CAD, SPIN Model Checker Programming Languages: C, Assembly C, Embedded C, System C, VHDL, Verilog, C++, Python, Ladder Diagram Programming, UML, Promela Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Free RTOS, μC/OS-II, ROS Hardware: ATMEL ATmega series, TI MSP430, ARM, LPC2148, Virtex 4, Spartan 3, 8051, 16-bit/32-bit microcontrollers, Allen Bradley Family of PLCs Communication Protocols: RS-232, Bluetooth, UART, I2C, SPI, CAN Areas of Interest: Embedded Software, Firmware Development, Digital Design, RTL Design, FPGA/ASIC, MIPS and x86 Architecture, Low Power Microcontrollers, Multi-threading, Parallel Processing, Safety Critical Systems (Real-Time), Medical Devices. Languages: English (Fluent), Kannada (Fluent), French (Intermediate), Hindi (Basic) WORK EXPERIENCE

Software QA Engineer, Dycap Media Solutions, Gainesville, FL October 2016 – Current Dycap is a University of Florida based startup which creates software to automate PTZ cameras used for hands-free video capture. As a QA Engineer, I write test cases for the backend in C++ and for the frontend in Python. I test the quality and functionality of the code, suggest improvements (like optimal settings for the best working of the device) and meet with and conduct demonstrations for potential investors/clients. My objective is to automate the whole testing process assuring the quality of the product. Intern, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore, INDIA June 2013 – August 2013 Worked on the upgradation of Jaguar Aircraft to DARIN III and enhancement of Cockpit Laser Designation System. Set up electrical wiring of Jaguar fighter jet and installed gadgets such as the HUD, Oxygen tanks, Gyroscope etc. Assisted engineers in day to day tasks. Intern, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Bangalore, INDIA June 2012 – July 2012 Conducted extensive field visits to broadband distribution stations, server rooms, control stations, transmission towers at five different locations. Worked on Broadband, Ocb 283 Tax and Local, Mobile Selection and Transmission. PROJECTS

Thought Controlled Wheelchair for the Physically Impaired, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, INDIA January 2013 – December 2013 Collaborated with the Medical Electronics department to develop a prototype wheelchair which was made mobile by obtaining signals from the brain. The signals obtained were processed and sent wirelessly to a microcontroller to provide movement to the wheelchair. Health Monitoring System, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, INDIA January 2013 – May 2014 Interfaced an ECG sensor and a temperature sensor to the microcontroller MSP430 and designed the microcontroller to send heart rate and temperature readings to an Android phone via Bluetooth. An app was designed to display the values and plots in real-time and in turn sent a message to 5 emergency contacts in case the heart rate fell below a certain value. Dynamic Branch Prediction with Perceptrons, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL August 2014 - December 2014 Wrote the code for perceptron to increase the predictability of branches. Simulated for various benchmarks in Simplescalar. 1D Time-Domain Convolution, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL August 2014 - December 2014 Developed the code for 1D convolution. Ran the code on the FPGA Virtex 4. Wrote 5 test-cases to check the quality of the model developed. Optimization of Data Encryption Standard (DES) Algorithm, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL January 2015 – May 2015 Modified the DES algorithm and implemented it in C. The security improved by making use of all 64-bits of the encryption key instead of 56 bits. Network File System, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL August 2015 – December 2015 Created a network file system in python. Applied fault tolerance to it. Walmart Trip Type Classification, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL January 2016 – May 2016 Designed a machine learning model to learn and classify the trips made by customers of Walmart. The project also involved feature extraction, training and testing. Support Vector Machine with RBF kernel was used to train the model. The raw data was provided by Walmart through Kaggle.com which was used to test the quality of the model developed.